McCain taps a Cougar for his VP running mate

I'd say she is hot. I asked my wife and she says "for a politician". No way...

She is a cougar... and I dig her qualities that I read. Nice work John.

Most unsung Cameo acting ever

Carlito's Way - Tony T played by Frank Manucci.

What an incredible performance. And he has been credited with
nothing before or since.

I should take him fishing and find out what the heck he is doing.

Wacky Ball of Flame and No Fuel

So I ran outta gas heading south on I-5 just under the 205 interchange. My loving and lovely wife brought me 5 gallons of premium and my youngest daughter gave me a beautiful smile and some kisses. It's always good to spend some time with those girls when I am in "super-toughguy" biker mode. It brings me back to the suburban reality.

So while I was relaxing in the grass next to the freeway I got to spend some time getting to know our sun a bit better. What a weird ball of flame and as cloud cover passed between it and my eyes it seemed like I could watch it shapeshift. It was very cool. Not often enough do we take time for those sorts of things.

At Black Butte last weekend I watched the stars move through the sky. I wrote something to the effect that we need to slow down and watch the earth rotate sometimes- It's healthy. I actually did watch the stars move in relation to the dark shadows of a few huge trees framing the nightscape above. I'll be heading to McCall, Idaho tonight with the family and I hope to get to do a bit more of that sort of thing.

Stop-Motion Wall Animation

A cool blend of several forms of creativity.

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

All they found was the camera ...

Put your coffee down before you start watching this. I was standing over my buddies shoulder with a fresh cup of java. He asked me to watch it... we just didn't think about the coffee in my hand.

Sobieslaw Zasada

http://www.zasadasa.pl/english/sobieslaw_zasada/index.html

Maybe one of the coolest drivers in racing history... an independent
who made it happen and did better than the factory teams.

Just messing around at lunch

The fish were hitting the Asiago/dried tomato turkey sausage held to
the bottom by a weight.

Thanks for the Coors Light, Sean

The Top 5

1. Parker Posey

2. Amy Poehler

3. Tina Faye

4. Gwen Stefani

5. Gwyneth Paltrow

There it is- just so my wife knows...:-)

Charles Plumb - Who packed your parachute?

Charles Plumb was a US Navy jet pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat
missions, his plane was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb
ejected and parachuted into enemy hands. He was captured and spent 6
years in a communist Vietnamese prison, he survived the ordeal and
now lectures on lessons learned from that experience.

One day, when Plumb and his wife were sitting in a restaurant, a man
at another table came up and said, "You're Plumb! You flew jet
fighters in Vietnam from the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk. You were
shot down!"

"How in the world did you know that?" asked Plumb.

"I packed your parachute," the man replied.

Plumb gasped in surprise and gratitude. The man pumped his hand and
said, "I guess it worked!" Plumb assured him, "It sure did. If your
chute hadn't worked, I wouldn't be here today."

Plumb couldn't sleep that night, thinking about that man. Plumb says,

"I kept wondering what he had looked like in a Navy uniform: a white
hat, a bib in the back, and bell-bottom trousers. I wonder how many
times I might have seen him and not even said 'Good morning, how are
you?' or anything because, you see, I was a fighter pilot and he was
just a sailor."

Plumb thought of the many hours the sailor had spent at a long wooden
table in the bowels of the ship, carefully weaving the shrouds and
folding the silks of each chute, holding in his hands each time the
fate of someone he didn't know.

Now, Plumb asks his audience, "Who's packing your parachute?"

Everyone has someone who provides what he or she needs to make it
through the day. He also points out that he needed many kinds of
parachutes when his plane was shot down over enemy territory - he
needed his physical parachute, his mental parachute, his emotional
parachute, and his spiritual parachute.

He called on all these supports before reaching safety. Sometimes in
the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really
important. We may fail to say hello, please, or thank you,
congratulate someone on something wonderful that has happened to him
or her, give a compliment, or just do something nice for no reason.

As you go through this week, this month, this year, recognize people
who pack your parachutes. I am sending you this as my way of
thanking you for your part in packing my parachute!

I hope you will send it on to those who have helped pack yours!

24 Hours of LeMons